NGC 2970
| Galaxy NGC 2970 |
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![NGC 2970 with LEDA 1973445 [1] (u)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2970_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 2970 with LEDA 1973445 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 43 m 31.0 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 235 |
| Redshift | 0.005397 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 1618 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.6 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2970 • PGC 27827 • CGCG 152-059 • MCG + 05-23-030 • KUG 0940 + 322 • 2MASX J09433110 + 3158364 • Mrk 405 • GC 1901 • h 627 • GALEX ASC J094331.02 + 315836.6 • USGC U251 NED03 • KTG 25C | |
NGC 2970 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 70 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 2964 and NGC 2968 , it forms the isolated galaxy triplet KTG 25 .
The galaxy NGC 2981 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 6, 1828 by John Herschel .
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